The Rajasthan High Court has taken notice of the failing public healthcare system in the state and is calling for its improvement. The Court highlighted the loss of lives due to negligence from hospitals,...
The Punjab and Haryana High Court decided that courts cannot accept partial agreements in criminal cases. This means some accused can’t be cleared while others still go to trial. The ruling followed a question...
The Allahabad High Court has emphasized that a review petition serves a specific purpose and cannot function as a “hidden appeal.” A Division Bench, consisting of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi and Justice Piyush Agrawal,...
The Kerala High Court overturned a Family Court decision that awarded custody of a child to the father, based on the belief that the mother was experiencing postpartum depression and was not willing to...
The Gauhati High Court has ruled that any requests for pre-arrest or regular bail, or Criminal Petitions filed after July 1, 2024, related to an FIR registered before that date, must be submitted under...
The Allahabad High Court ruled that a spouse’s schizophrenia alone is not enough to grant a divorce under Section 13(1)(iii) of the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 (HMA). The Lucknow Bench reviewed an appeal from...
The Orissa High Court stated that a wife asking her hungry husband to wait a bit while food is being prepared does not count as serious provocation. This statement came during an appeal by...
The Kerala High Court has raised concerns about the troubling reality that most ICC reports in PoSH cases tend to be one-sided and biased, often favoring the institutions involved. This came to light during...
The Supreme Court has instructed the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir to develop a policy for the early release of prisoners based on their time served. This decision came while addressing a Writ...
The Supreme Court today instructed the Ajit Pawar group of the Nationalist Congress Party to collect information about a video shared by a current Legislative Council member that features a speech by Sharad Pawar....
